Temple.



G. E. OWENS.

TEMPLE.

APPLICATION FILED D20. s, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914-,

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CHARLES E. OWENS, OF GRAHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOB, OF ONE-HALF TO 3'. HARVEY WHITE, 01? GRAHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

TEMPLE.

Application filed December 8, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. OwnNs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Graham, county of Alamance, and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Temples, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to improve a temple so that it will not mar or injure a fabric being woven when a gout or slub comes up in the filling, but will always act so as to keep the fabric properly distended while being woven. This and other objects are accomplished by my invention, one embodiment of which is hereinafter set forth and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved temple. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partially in section, the section being taken substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the ar rows. Fig. 4 is an end elevation. Fig. 5

is a side elevation of an end of my im-- proved temple.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar part-s.

My improved temple 1 has the usual casting 2, spring pressed bar 8 mounted therein, and spiked roller 4 mountedin a case 5 carried by this bar 3. The novelty of my invention resides in the means for mounting this roller so that it may be raised when necessary to preserve the cloth, or for any other reason. This is accomplished in the following manner.

The case 5 has an integral lower jaw 6 of the conventional kind on which is slidably mounted the upper jaw 7 in which the spiked roller 4 is mounted. The top of this jaw 7 has a suitable rub plate 8 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Serial No. 805,244.

of wood, or other material on which rests one end of a. leaf spring 9, the other end of which is fixed to the casting 2.

The spring pressed bar 3 also carries a suitable guiding lug 10, on which the jaw 7 is mounted, and this jaw 7 carries a suitable guide 11 which enters a corresponding slot in the lower jaw 6 so that the upper jaw 7 may shift vertically against the tension of the spring 9 whenever occasion requires, as above set forth, the lugs 10 and 11 with their interengaging parts forming guides. When this structure is in use, the spiked roller may be cleaned from time to time without changing a nut or screw or the use of any tool so the weaver can always keep the temple in proper condition without additional aid. In view of these advantages, the temple herein described permits both. quantity and quality to be increased.

While I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that it is not restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures that come within the scope of the annexed claim.

What I claim is:

In a temple, a casting, a spring pressed bar slidably mounted in said casting, the lower jaw fixed to said bar, an upper jaw slidably mounted on said bar and provided with a roller, and a leaf spring secured-to said casting and pressing said upper jaw against the lower jaw, so that when the temple is in use and undue thickness of cloth passes between the jaws, the upper jaw may be raised, or when the device is to be cleaned the spring may be raised and the upper jaw removed.

CHAS. E. OTVENS.

Witnesses ALLEN D. TATE, W M. E. VVi-Irrn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

